King James Version
Psalms 75:7 in the King James Version says “But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 75 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”
Psalms 75:7 · KJV
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“But God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“is the judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“he putteth down”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
“one and setteth up”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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